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By Frankie Malozi Marketing & Social Media Intern | 7/21/2022

Blast Furnace Blues & Lehigh Valley Bike Fest

Are you ready for a wild ride this weekend? Join us for the 9th annual Blast Furnace Blues & Lehigh Valley Bike Fest presented by Keystone Harley Davidson at ArtsQuest SteelStacks campus! This festival will take place from Friday, July 22nd through Sunday, July 24th featuring over 15 live performances! That means three days of live music, delicious food and drinks, and tons of entertainment options!

They did say the louder the crowd gets, the wilder they’ll get! Now, let’s look at our lineup for this wild weekend!

Friday, July 22

6:00 – 7:30 PM Phillip Michael Scales

Head on over to the Highmark Blue Shield Community Stage on the Air Products Town Square to get this festival started! Get ready to groove to some “Dive Bar Soul” as Phillip calls it!

6:30 – 8:30 PM Reservoir Hill

Reservoir Hill is an original country rock band from Allentown, PA. Founded in 2018, they are Influenced by bands like Zac Brown Band, Tyler Childers, Tom Petty, The Black Keys and more. You can catch them this weekend on the Bike Fest stage on PNC Plaza performing their high energy lyrically driven songs!

7:30 – 9:00 PM Moonshine Society

Levitt Pavillion SteelStacks is bringing the Moonshine! Join us for Moonshine Society to hear a blend of blues, soul, rock and R&B!

9:00 – 11:00 PM The Good, The Bad & The Blue

Fresh and rich sounds? We’re in! This band is a mixture of the rich and fresh new sounds of the new and deep-rooted past of Gospel, Blues, Soul and Funk. Head down to the Highmark Blue Shield Community Stage on the Air Products Town Square to hear the touching sounds of this incredible group!

Saturday, July 23

2:00 – 3:30 PM Little Buddy

Let’s start day 2 off right! Little Buddy will kick off Saturday down at the
Highmark Blue Shield Community Stage on the Air Products Town Square with a blend of blues and rock! 

2:30 – 3:00 PM The Busted Knuckles Stunt Tour

Get ready to get LOUDDDD!! This stunt group is gonna take you on a crazy ride! Join us at PNC Plaza for the Busted Knuckles Stunt Tour, a kick a$#, V-Twin Thrill Show performed solely on Harley-Davidson motorcycles!

3:00 – 5:00 PM Lou Franco Project

Are you ready for some amazing covers of classic blues and rock songs?! This group will cover favorites from Jimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin, Jeff Beck and Gary Moore. They’ll be waiting for you at PNC Plaza! 

4:00 – 5:30 PM Ursula Ricks

Let’s go on a journey through the life of Funk, Soul, and Neo-Blues! Through songs and ideas, Ursula creates paths to greater living, leaving her audience free of worries, dancing, laughing, and making friends in a roomful of folks they had never met before! She’ll make you feel at home! Highmark Blue Shield Community Stage on the Air Products Town Square is where to find her on Saturday.

5:30 – 6:00 PM The Busted Knuckles Stunt Tour

Couldn’t get enough? This group is back for another round of thrill over at PNC Plaza!

6:00 – 7:30 PM Sir Rod and the Blues Doctors 

The Blues Doctors are in! Join us at the Highmark Blue Shield Community Stage on the Air Products Town Square for the funky, soulful, and Deep South trio-Sir Rod and the Blues Doctors! This band will bring blues, fun, and dancing to your service!

6:00 – 8:00 PM Friar’s Point

Head over to PNC Plaza to hear The Blues from the past, present, and even the future! We hope those dancing shoes aren’t tired yet!

7:30 – 9:00 PM Jackie Venson

More Blues? We got it! Head down to Levitt Pavilion SteelStacks to hear the beautiful sounds of Jackie Venson complex music and blazing guitar skills!

8:30 – 9:00 PM The Busted Knuckles Stunt Tour

They aren’t done yet! Join us for one last crazy ride of the night! Make PNC Plaza get loud!

9:00 – 11:00 PM Slim and the Perkolators

This band’s got sounds that incorporate classic Chicago style house rockin’ blues, west coast jump/swing, rock and roll and roots music that will be sure to engage and entertain PNC Plaza!  

9:00 – 11:00 PM Slam Allen

What a way to end the night! Come on down to the Highmark Blue Shield Community Stage on the Air Products Town Square for this ‘messenger of love’! Slam uses the genres of Blues, Soul, R&B, and a touch of Rock and Roll to deliver powerful soul stirring performances! 

Sunday, July 24

1:30 – 2:00 PM The Busted Knuckles Stunt Tour

They’re backkkkk! Start this afternoon off with a thrill! The Busted Knuckle Stunt Tour is back at PNC Plaza to kick off our final day of Blast Furnace Blues!

2:00 – 3:30 PM Scott Marshall & the Highway Souls

This band will take PNC Plaza on a ride that delivers an honest to goodness, fun filled, foot stomping, soul shaking, hand clapping good time. Wow… sounds like something you don’t want to miss! I know I’m in! 

2:00 – 3:30 PM Little Red Rooster Blues Band

Known for being one of the Delaware Valley’s premier blues bands, this group consistently brings their own brand of blues that is always combined with a high-energy performance and a whole lot of fun that will be sure to keep you on your feet!  Highmark Blue Shield Community Stage on the Air Products Town Square is where to go!

4:00 – 4:30 PM The Busted Knuckles Stunt Tour

It just keeps getting better! I hope you still have a voice because this group still needs PNC Plaza to make some noise!! 

4:30 – 6:30 PM SlideWinder Blues Band

The SlideWinder Blues Band brings their own brand of Texas and Chicago driven contemporary blues! Head over to PNC Plaza for an amazing show!

4:00 – 5:30 PM Pentley Holmes

This passionate artist will be sure to keep you singing and dancing with his blues, rock, soul, and pop! Woah that kinda rhymed! Hurry over to Highmark Blue Shield Community Stage on the Air Products Town Square!

6:00 – 7:30 PM Veronica Lewis

She’s got serious piano chops, soaring vocals, and songs that boogie away your blues. Head down to Highmark Blue Shield Community Stage on the Air Products Town Square with your dancing shoes!

6:30 – 7:00PM The Busted Knuckles Stunt Tour

Last one, best one! Join us at PNC Plaza for one final round of The Busted Knuckles Stunt Tour! Be the loudest you’ve been all weekend!

7:30 – 9:00PM Lil’ Ed & the Blues Imperials

We’ve still got one more left! Levitt Pavillion SteelStacks is the place to be to close off Blast Furnace Blues! This band will be sure to end this festival off on a high note!

We hope to see you there!!


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